Mourinho has also let it be known that Luke Shaw may still have a future at Old Trafford after all.

The United boss has been impressed by Shaw’s reaction to some unflattering photographs of him on holiday and his return to training to work hard on his fitness.

But Mourinho is less happy with progress in United getting rid of players he definitely wants to move on.

He feels that some players are pricing themselves out of transfers. Sources claim an unnamed club was prepared to take on Daley Blind but the deal would have meant United picking up 90 per cent of the pay packet Blind was demanding.